Medicaid providers and patients will be able to share their stories at a listening post in des moines on monday. Weve put details for that meeting under this story on kcrg dot com. Bruce, the federal centers for medicaid did ask for that meeting to be live streamed so they can also listen in. Thanks, sarah. Firefighters say a cedar rapids man is a hero this evening for saving his neighbor from a burning boyfriend died in the fire. The fire that killed naquave whitlock started about 2 am at 611 a avenue northwest. He was 22. Kcrgtv9s Dave Franzman joins us from the scene. And dave, you talked to the Good Samaritan and the woman he saved . Beth, we did. Bradley burnell is the neighbor who at first thought from across the street were something he was dreaming. Then he realized someone was in trouble and he jumped up, saw it was a fire with a woman on a roof, and ran to grab a ladder. 20yearold alize watson was still grieving the loss of her boyfriend as she returned to the ruined home aro
Get back and clean up and reopen. The director of the district says the city believes that could happen by saturday. Live in cedar rapids, dave franzman, kcrg tv nine news. Its not over yet, but were feeling good, were feeling very, very confident that this temporary system that weve built in less than two days will protect our city. The city says the temporary barriers a the worry is that water is putting too much pressure on the sewer system below ground. Crews have been working all night, fighting dangerous conditions to makes sure everything is functional. Law enforcement in cedar rapids are warning people to stay out of the evacuation zone. They say this will keep people safe and give them room to work. The city said it could announce Conference Tomorrow morning. Linn county sheriff Brian Gardner says his department on mays island in cedar rapids has escaped major flood damage. The city set up hesco barriers and sandbags to protect it against at least seven feet of water. Gardner
Developed since the 2008 only bridge still open over the cedar river. Well a lot of concern in cedar which is really developed since the 2008 flood and tv 9s dave franzmann is right there. Can you see if the water has reached any of the hesco barriers yet. Beth, weve seen that the river is certainly been rising. 20. 8 feet. I think thats officially the second highest, and it is starting to creep towards the and the now you can see while the water has covered a trail underneath the bridge. Its not closing on the hesco barriers and the dirt berms. Now unlike the disastrous flawed of 2008 there was no frantic activity. Nose of this newbo were ready a oneinner didnt sandbag. It doesnt happen we dont get a lot of water in here. We can get everything back in here and get the business going. Gentleman while while he didnt spend time building a sandbag wall. Now, in our travels we saw some water behind some of those tempor that result when you get storm sewers and the pressure of the high wate
Craig tierney hopes to finish a business and marketing degree at the university of iowa in a couple of years and believes hell have good job prospects then. Right now, he depends on a minimum wage job, plus tips, as a bartender. And even when he moves on to better work, he knows ny wholl still depend on jobs paying near minimum wage. I have a lot of friends working in the tipped wage and minimum wage industry. A lot of them are single mom w just for themselves but for kids to provide for them. As a member of the living wage linn county group, tierney and others watched anxiously as supervisors took up the minimum wage question. Some supervisors still believe setting a minimum wage is a function of state government. But the feeling was since the state wont that hasnt been increased for almost a decade and not expect a local Government Entity not to take this up. Supervisors did make one significant change. The linn county ordinance no longer calls for automatic wage hikes based on infla
Towards the north. Our next area of low pressure is not far off though, and will begin to impact our weather beginning tomorrow. Plan on some showers and storms in the area for friday and especially on friday night. This weekend continues to look great with highs into the 70s and lows into the 50s. The plan weatherwise for saturday night continues to be unchanged with clear sky and comfortable temperatures for football into the 60s. Today gradual clearing. Wind nw 515. High 82 tonight increasing clouds. Wind light e. Low 62 tomorrow ho heavy rain possible. Wind s 510. High 78 tom. Night lingering showers and a few thunderstorms. Wind nw 5 10. Low 57 thanks kaj. Were going to send it back to our studio in cedar rapids where brea is standing by with a look at todays top stories. Mondayits the day for the minimum wage in the county. The board approved the second reading of the ordinance yesterday. One more yes vote would boost the minimum wage from 7dollars and 25 cents an hour now to 825